not sure if Vlad can mount a long term war. With a grain of salt, consider this Sun article that claims that corruption up and down the ranks of the Russian military is exemplified in tanks that were ‘in storage’ and supposedly combat ready with a little dust-off, but have been stripped of their components -
on one hand by overpaid officers and on the other hand by underpaid privates - a paper army
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18096965/russian-commander-kills-himself-tanks-useless/
“not sure if Vlad can mount a long term war.”
As oil prices climb, Putin can fund his war.